Riding Tiger with Arijit - guest Dr. Sudipto Bhattacharya Educator, Mentor, Corporate Consultant

Dr. Sudipto Bhattacharya Educator, Startup Mentor, Corporate Consultant and Motivational speaker

Sudipto has completed his Bachelors in Textile Technology in 1993, thereafter served the organized textile industry and garment export houses. In 1999, he completed his MBA and plunged into a first-generation start-up. The venture was on fruit pulp extraction, processing, preserving, packaging and marketing with tribal fruit receipes. Thereafter he pursued a full-time career in management teaching, research and consulting. He consulted on areas relating to creative solutions to organizational problems, customer trust and engagement, branding organizations and visual merchandising. In 2003, he worked briefly with BGMEA Institute of Fashion Technology, Dhaka, Bangladesh. In his doctoral thesis, he explored Entry and Growth Strategies of Foreign Business Academic Brands in India and was awarded PhD in management in 2012. In 2013, he was chosen as National Expert by Asian Productivity Organization, Tokyo to research Entrepreneurship in APO economies.

He has successfully designed and delivered MDPs at IIM Calcutta, BESU, Shibpur and VIT University. He has presented papers in national and international conferences, reviewed books of contemporary management literature, published papers in peer reviewed International journals, co-authored a book "Startup to Scaleup." and co-edited another book, "Appreciative Inquiry Approaches to Organizational Transformation."

In 2010, he was awarded Entrepreneurs’ Educators Certification (Honors) from STVP, Stanford University and in 2011 was certified as a mentor for startups by London Business School. He also got certified from NSTEDB and DST for Managing Business Incubators for Start ups. In 2012, he was chosen as a resource person by UNIDO to develop entrepreneurial ecosystem in the West African nations.

He takes pride in his Ramakrishna Mission schooling and nurtures strong social orientation. When in college, he initiated a community development program along with local youths to educate the under privileged and make them employable. He is a motivational speaker on public forums and an accomplished Quiz Master.